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BT: But, so your family was in Tule Lake, and with the intention of going back to Japan, for your father. And were your brothers living with you then, your three older brothers?

SY: In Tule, I don't know when, but it was after, they were in Hoshidan, they were transferred to other camps in other states.

BT: Oh, they went to Bismarck?

SY: Bismarck, my, Katsumi and several other boys went to Bismarck, were sent to Bismarck. Oh, and Harry.

BT: In Bismarck?

SY: Yes. And Frank went to, was sent to Texas.

BT: Crystal City?

TI: Or to Santa Fe?

BT: That's New Mexico.

SY: Crystal...

BT: New Mexico?

SY: No, Texas. Crystal City? Yeah.

BT: DOJ camp.

SY: Is that where they had the camp there, too?

TI: They did, but it was more of a family... so Frank was single? Was he a bachelor, or did he have a family?

SY: No, he was single.

BT: So with your family in Tule Lake with the intention, I guess the general understanding in your family was that you were going to go to Japan after the war?

SY: Yes.

BT: So did you enroll in Japanese school?

SY: Yes, we went to Japanese school. I was in my senior year, but my father says, "What's the use of studying English when you're going to Japan?" So I went to Japanese school.

BT: And what other ways was your family preparing for a life in Japan?

SY: I don't know.

BT: Other than learning the language, what about, there were cultural classes?

SY: No, nothing special.

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